Day 3 and I had saved the most dangerous until last.
Downhill Mountain Biking, on average 2 people a day are taken to A&E in an ambulance on the queenstown tracks so the aim for the day was to not be one of them.
Before we all split off to our various activities we all went for an early lunch in Ferg Burger a single burger shop famous throughout New Zealand and to be honest they are pretty awesome and there are so many choices. After quickly polishing off one of those it was time to ready myself and locate some equipment.
There are a few bike hire shops all around the same price, I find myself a nice looking bike with loads of travel on the suspension to handle the bumps and head to the gondola, I have a half day pass that I won in the Pool tournament in Franz Joseph so a nice saving of $45 there.
The runs are marked like ski routes with the same colour scheme to grade the severity of the pain you will be in, Green, blue, black. I start on a blue, it heaps of fun, fast in some parts and slower and more technical in others.
Throughout the rest of the afternoon I try most of the other routes meeting a few people on the way and even another person that was one of Chris' friends and has met Tommy before out in France.
I did about 6 or seven runs in the end but even with only going downhill the biking is tiring, the last run showed I was tiring when I started making mistakes and sliding off the edges a few times. I make my way back to the hostel to find all the room mates and work out some plans for the evening.
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